An animal breeder wishes to create five adjacent rectangular pens, each with an area of 2400m^2. To ensure that the pens are large enough for grazing, the minimum for either dimension must be 10m. Find the dimensions required for the pens to keep the amount of fencing used to a minimum

Mar 8th 2009, 04:26 PM

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An animal breeder wishes to create five adjacent rectangular pens, each with an area of 2400m^2. To ensure that the pens are large enough for grazing, the minimum for either dimension must be 10m. Find the dimensions required for the pens to keep the amount of fencing used to a minimum